Beautiful cover, Wil. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!
I also write about something completely off-topic, but which I believe might be of interest to you and, perhaps, your readers. I knew of no other way to make this pitch to you, so I thought I'd try here:
The producers of Reading Rainbow have announced that they are canceling the show after 26 years.
For those not aware, the nationally syndicated PBS children's show attempts to foster a love of books, and is hosted by LaVar Burton. There are few of a certain age bracket who will not have grown up watching the show or at least having been exposed to it.
I wanted to let you and everybody know that there are a few places on the web where action can be taken:
There is a campaign at ThePoint attempting to create a critical mass of support:
http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/save-reading-rainbow
There's a wiki with some basic info:
http://www.savereadingrainbow.com
A Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=144192794133
and a typically snarky but mostly sympathetic discussion on Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9f2rl/saw_this_in_rbooks_but_it_deserves_more_eyes/
I hope you'll forgive the thread hijacking. I wouldn't have if I hadn't thought it likely that you and many others would appreciate knowing.
Regards,
-steve

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